Rickets is no longer the disease of the past. It is sneaking in back subtly, even in urban children. And the reason? Poor diet, sunshine deprivation and the increasing processed food culture.

It is generally agreed that a number of types of nutritional deficiencies, including vitamin D-deficient rickets, can cause a temporary state of immune deficiency. As a result, children with rickets ...

We often think of rickets and worm infections as illnesses from our grandparents’ time, but they’re making a comeback in today’s cities. The causes are surprisingly modern; children spending most of ...

An infant born into an aristocratic Austrian family in the 17 th century died overweight but may have been deficient in vitamin D, according to researchers who conducted a “virtual autopsy” on the ...

A recent study, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, examined the skeletal remains of a child who lived in mid-19th-century France. The study revealed that the child had suffered ...